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Monday, September 6, 2010

So Simple It's Scary

Hey there, and Happy Bloggiversary to us!!!

We're having the tiniest bit of trouble finding our Fall decorations.

I wonder why? Hmmmmmm...

So let's whip up some new stuff for a song, shall we? We're going to use 5 of the glass shades that came with a big brass chandelier Vannah and I snagged at a yard sale for a paltry $20 (with the bulbs!) We then took them to the garden center and bought terra cotta saucers as bases. You'll also need black spray paint, contact paper from the Dollar Tree, and some Krylon Frosted Glass spray paint that we had left over from THIS project.

First, take your saucers outside and give the backs a couple of light coats of black paint. Flip them over and do the same to the inside. Allow this to dry.

Then sketch out some seriously scary faces on the back of the contact paper and cut them out.

You're shaking in your boots right now at how terrifying this is, aren't you?

Peel the backing off of the contact paper and arrange your little faces on the shades.

Now just spray the shades with a nice light coat of the frosting.

Allow this to dry. Everything will be ready at about the same time.

Once the paint is set, peel off the contact paper.

Set the shade in the saucer, add a flameless candle, and hit the lights!

Horrifying! Terrible! Nightmare inducing!

I had the Minions come up with their own designs.

Which of course makes for a great decoration keepsake.

Nothing like preserving your children's strangeness for all time, eh?

Yeah, I think they're adorable too.

Fast, simple, and seriously inexpensive, plus we found a new use for the shades, because they weren't staying with the chandelier.

All these great ideas for fall and Halloween...I can't wait to get my stuff down from the attic. I've been in summer mode but school starts tomorrow and Wed. for the kids so I'll be more in the fall frame of mind. These are adorable!

How darling and yes how simple, love it!I have a big request for all of you bloggers out there, I am in a contest for one of the posts I did on losing some weight. I just really need to have your vote because I would love to win this contest! All you need to do is go to the link I will put below and first become a fan or push the like button and then go to the right column and under the 14 pictures, click on my picture and make a comment that you vote for me! I know the power of blogland is big, so can you please vote! I would so, so, appreciate it!!!http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Lehi-UT/Kristi-Approved/391083710513?ref=ts

What a CUTE nifty thrifty idea...thanks for sharing it at NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAYS! Please be sure to post the NTT party button or my blog name with a link so all your friends can see all the other nifty thrifty treasures...thanks!

Again, I love this! This is so unique and FAB, thank you for linking up with All About You Monday. I hope you come back next week where the theme is all about ribbon but any fun project, craft, recipe, etc is welcomed! So glad I found your blog!

Oh SUnny, this is so cute. I love finding halloween decorations, that are just scary enough, but not cheesy ya know. Perfect that you got to reuse those shades, and they turned into the cutest little ghosts ever. I am hosting a new party, and would LOVE if you linked up, these are so cute, I wanna share them with my readers. I'm your newest follower, Thanks for the great tutorial, and hope to see you. :)

What fun! LOVE this idea!! I'll have to see if I can find shades (or even just drinking glasses, set upside down, I'm wondering??.. as long as you're using the flameless type of candles!)... Have a great weekend! ~tina

THese are great! Love how simple they are to make too! You should enter them in my sister's "DIY Halloween COntest" - there are great prizes! The link to the contest is: http://ellekate.blogspot.com/p/diy-contest.html

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No, not that kind of rehab! I'm a woman who likes to take what I have and re-imagine, recreate, and re-purpose it. Rehabilitate it to something useful and attractive. Something about throwing perfectly good items away rubs me the wrong way- unless of course you do it, at which point I'll probably drag it home. Having had a major house fire sure helps with motivation!
Hi, I'm Sunny! I'm a masochist who bought a ramshackle house 23 years ago and is still bailing a sinking boat!
I'm joined in this effort by my three great children, Samwow, 22, Thom, 20, and Savannah, 19, all of whom suffer from a hyphenated last name due to Mommy's feminism. We live in a huge historic Florida home overrun by cats and Arwen, the world's ugliest sweetheart of a dog. What's not falling apart is being actively destroyed, which is where I come in. I'm determined to make this a showplace. And you're welcome to watch and help. We have some serious work to do since the whole place caught on fire on August 16th, 2009, so grab a paintbrush and a load bearing wall and let's get to work!